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L "D Cv AND COUNTY BANKING cfIIIPANY. Subser:ye , Established 1836. a Capital, £ 1 ,500,000, in 30,000 Shares of X5O each. 'ala-up capital, £600,4 - 10. Reserve Fund, £lOO,OOO. 11)0114. T 1 IP.ECTORS. ti - Yringhata Bernard, John Fleming, Esq. Phil?' 14. P Frederick Harrison, Esq. johte Patten Blvtil, Esq. Edward limgins Esq. 11,4essge. Child Es Burmester, William Champion Jones, Esq. . r i e• E. , ' James Laming, E sq. _,. Childers, Esq , William Lee, Esq., ni- M.P.William Nicol, Esq., nir General Man ager—Willi..m 11Pliewan, Esq. A__, Chief I nspector—W. J. Norfolk, Esq. , Assists General Manager —William Howard, Esq. Inspectors of c coJ s Gray, Esq. Branches —H. J. Lemon, Esq., and C. Sherring-, Esq. t h , ti10 t , 13 4 : 37: NtlixellueAa 4thd O m ffi F c e 7 21, G I : o o m f b t a h r e d p - s r t o r p e e r t i e . t 0 r s , held on February, 1864, at the London Tavern, tie a t;:gate-street, the flowing Report for the year ending .;,,ljecernber, 1863, was read by the Secretary, "ILLIAM NICOL, Esq, M.P., in the Chair. of t Tht,, Director REPORT. tit hz in sub to the proprietors the accounts Itektalksaftoirs:thc rye l 4 n lf in a g r ending 31st December, 1863, t., , , ohth s iaction in reporting that the net profit tor the h • 0 ~,,,., after deducting. ail charges, amounts to £54,125 "lii . ;t”."'ell, added to Z i 4 343 3s. Ba. brought forward from i'l, Out „qceollnt, results in total of .£9B 668 3s. 1 , d. tle t 'l toll rani the Directors a recommend' that the usual t cie c i a 6 per cent., together with a bonus of 6 . per cent., ' l likt4e,cl ler the half-yelr making. with the dividend paid 15 l oge 0, „'L last. 18 per cent. for the year. They further pro ir)°,loo'4,'rY XI .000 tc the reserve fund, making that fund Il lio ' leap £16,668 3 100. to be carried forward toprofit la " ' l evy ac' B. b se g ue s count. ti, lol c, th q'lenee of the great increase of the business . of the hqbea,i,e Directors consider it advisable further to increase pl a b e o'fi t l i ? the Company by the issue of . 7,500 new shares, t r r ed h i „ Pro rata amongst the I.:rourietors as they ap i atis!,,,,,ue register on the 3d instant, the date when the l la ll . ed 41 0 1 ., cs of the Company were closed, such s o hares to be ( y r re. 1 0 ,,e price of .£4O each, being a premium t . £2O per quo to ii particulars of the issue will be transmitted by Ibi each 1 1 , 'perm, Prourietor. (b., be .A.. on will produce £300,00), out of which £150,000 , e 'llig•th' e , Lied to the capital of the Company, and .£150,000 tZe fu nd Premium on the shares) will be added to the re- T he . t o ~ theformer : 'ra : in : to £750,000, and the latter to gear bi,, e gether one m,llion. ty overtone eto regret having to announce the decease of for many years one of the anditor_s_ _f ,l i!iri the This at a vacancy in the auditorship, w hick 44e t);, Power of the me ging to fill up. Director s retiring by rotation are Patton Blythe, Esq. Ali, Edward ~ and f 111,0„, William Lee Esq, M.P., ~,.. (14,4 4 are eligible for re-elution, and offer themselves Of ;f i e Lll3 , i,t ) '' ''e br --e ncl will be y ble at the Head Office, or at any anhes, on and after Monday, the 15th instant, 00 11l BALANCE SHEET LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, l a rik 31ST DECEMBER, 1863 T o t Pital p aid £600,000 0 0 I° SZ ii rv e l ubd u . ! 90,000 0 0 '4l ( Ikt ctue by the b a i for cost , I aricea °mere, 0 Hb il, ~ Sco. ........ £ 8,245,722 9 4 tie s '3' the endorsementst 40 tee , 44k, circular edit 14 letters of Tr, ............. 1,083,916 1 9 11 44 & -- 9,334,638 11 1 Dtlgh t (dove, balance k!ollti; ira last ac_ 74 4t ' • £ 14,343 3 8 14f. Ptofit llrt the ill l ' e ar at n,_ 0 ~. ter mak • 41161 Pt., vislon. for bad gotbtful debts,. 227,239 9 7 241,632 13 3 ~p cae C ß , £10,266,221 4 4 li3,°Cace4oZiand at He a d .N 1 tiot)4ce 1_ br anches.. X 1,238,139 1 3 ‘i e : (I at call and I pv ....... 1,066,002 7 2 230 141 8 5 B to • „ Go v , cl ic% viz., 13444Z:i1l e at and tie Other. St OCkS £839,158 16 9 ctlriti Itocks and " ........ 110,936 17 9 to c oltnt 950,095 14 6 41 er s • Bunt ed bills and advances to 7—us lilt, 1 4 to wn „ 6,781,844 14 6 91 a _ re nu country t;'o,Ziletios`iynaises in Lombard-street ,k4,hrfy 4',leane, freehold and leashold . tyl' t :tti t ,;_ "a branches, with ixtures 110,630 18 7 .ty est..!,, ........ 49,787 7 2 o ft ari e ,t,'_t r i,cl to customers I,`qe a,,,, 4 ' 11 all other expenses at Head -A 04 ,r,-.l.,.io,ranches, including income ,' ' ll, B and salaries £10,266,321 4 4 T 1) 1 , _ .1' 14 te ' PR D e r est . OPIT AND Loss ACCOUNT. ipeB Paid to customers ,„ t qlit e ea, a 8 above 66 ,721 1 2 Torp,,,, 4 1, ; ., , .......... : 4 at . " . " 1, not due, carried to new 1' ~..~,_ li o vi t i v e ! .. und Z ce i,l44ocif 6ofp6Jecrelcietnt. tor the half-year '414 carried forwa.;d . 36,000 0 . 0 3 .... .. 1 13, 11.41 Ck £241,582 13 3 ,co ti „kic t t , 44 .) , I ,'', ) ' „ t'Al,Zht forward from 1 , t 7 4,„'At;;.i' ........... ' 3 " £14,343 3 8 ••ebt.,-,.14°,,,. or, the I- ~alt year after '1 " ~,1 1 .or bad ' and do'ubtful 4 -0 ~ ..27,239 9 7 141 0 „ ..i th n £211,582 13 3 ' h ' I N c 't "Bi g d , Ito(' h Ile , have examined the fore ba 'f'o4 (aign"e found ti" sam wRIGHT, 1 Th as ed) JOHN Auditors. t , h e e if'r n r d eath.„ R. 11. SIVA INE, - N0n , 01%,' - 410- /; - - , 7 Bank, 28th January, 1864. ~4 Inki, ize,eport having been read by d the a S n e i c m r e o t u a s ry l y , t he 4tistih 'Qlutions were proposed, au un la ' . 4 4 ° 1 s h e 1 ;h 1)( "f be received and adopted, and printed for ht atseity oivi'dholders. . I ',,k - r 't ;., b ,er til t he - c etl , f 6 Per ceLt be half- yearseclare upon theecapsit 4tttighlZri3, t-(;;;Nany for the e d r in: n tl t l ., 31 4 t1.1,1i,,,t,,rue twlletner with a bonus of 6p e p, , V tot l , 4 t• azid ~EaYable on and after _Monday,i_ 6 0.6 3s. 40d. be 'thi gat Ft_rct t o at the balance cf XI o 15th I,6'oetbh bit' e0,,, 41 11 1 p, pyscht and loss new acut. , er e : i toi o la ttis , ; ZitarztottiFfiilyth, Esq., o. be re-elected s a Director zin Esq., be re-eltcted 4t r 'tilkTPtti ali llr e°4l PLlT tl ; il tha l- A%r'illiain Le, Esq., ILl'., ,k e ,N et ,i . cli „. 0 e,,,0r of this Company. . ' ind' i lat ?I,l.,kticiii`-"acl Swaim. and John Wright, Esquires, ''Jifl -,,?1 1 4 114, OrB for the current year. )i'llattLlC'eit-`, forman, Esq., be elected an auditor of the •oo;reet„Lue th,"_Y Bankin.• Company for the current year Tai r :rs Int the'B Or t his ' Meeting be given to the Board ,1 1 . ,1, 4 '6.' (4 th e able in in which they have conducted 4 ~, t j ,-.. th, e c o , manner 1.41%.,,c'-'tet f fie t p hank s P o a the Meeting be resented to the 4'. 'll4t -°4lPanY, fortheirservices p during the past t .D l 4 t i e l,, th e h.s. . „Nit t , taciV4l.7 l l c e s of this lkieeting be presented to Will r ia na m_ 4 11tij witjler otte,l9eneral Manager, and a,so to the a p an. °. q Whieh' they havelihmt, for . the ze 1 a Oh No e th , 0 11 4 4 441 )1M h (Signed) W NICOL, Chairman. 11111Lhecieuflatifgvilinsi•,' quitted the Chair, it was resolved, t e' 'AI °M ilt' th Y. • presented to L . tl a . col, E„ maks of this Meeting be e tr c) lr • 'q , 1 . 1 "., for his able ana courteous co,iduct aet ta et., Ito i,AMPION JONES Deputy Chairman. ba,ts,e Minutes. ' (Signed P. CLAPPISON, SecretarT pzi \ li lt, N uID INT (1.. '1 If Ilr and COUNTY BANKING CUM t ENT ' -',s loTir, Pyre to t ,' 0 oz, is HEREBY GIVEN, that a ct, tot,' ~.`te Capital of the Company of bix per t?'1 3 1 . 1„. 1 4g th n with a Bonus of Six per Cent. for the Half 0410'8 q'tu'St D ecember, 1863, will be PAM to the OW the tier at the Head Office, 21, Lombard-street, 4)' ) tt C)Parly's Branch Banks, on and after .he 15th instant. I ,t 137 Wet' of the Board, '141)1"-atreWet . McIiEWAN, General Manager. Fb. 4, 1864. tt 4 t,,,Y,;:ii I V INT A GE WINE COMPANY ,k, t ty th ___ I+, epere v ublic, at a small advance on wholesale ~,, 1 37 description of Wines and Spirits. Terms, 4 tl l 'IN? Tip ' TA (1.,,, ' 1 .f.',; ---,r, COMIDA SHERRY P til V I' AGF. vk t\ , / , A - CHAMPAGNE. 1 11 ~11:1'N "'4E CLARET , Iss. ~ h B LI V i k ' 'I'4GE PORT from 208. 111 14 an d Cle •• eettlye Apeal Testimonials, together with the Dans -14, a Ppli,,r io n u ac, containing full detailed Price List, k., F t , \ tilßh„ t riozen Wine sent Carriage Free. g: -street 4 dcors south of Oxford -street. R() 4 1)1, 41) 1 , / la r. OLD-ESTABLISHED , crt,.,. GENERAL REGISTRY 1, 1 . , 11 1 1:2 1Ib t - l j 'OE FOR SERVANTS. lqk iii 1, )50 TASTIXOTTISHED PATRONAGE.) q' lil t ' : t€ qtlir .l AN, 56 , BROMPTON-ROAD. tl:,lClnt'i3einginaig_tvaants are respec a tfully b el cited to the B ooks. , 4 tit Ca e or s ' e '"4__ large supply o tiNt oft_ f _ ant during he past year, 1,760. 13. oft_ urwarded on application. t'l•4lBttibtietibe7 Hours from 10 till 4 daily, a l t r t ; e 0 f eX c t ' fr a°cnbe. Guinea supplied with every clan 1 :I • ,_ et Servants, ssg.e: Tinder do., 2s. 6d. 'll 11 1 '4, 0 e, Nlr . r.• Oali i l lk a r httu ct : -c.,Slt ELL'S INVENTION in t i lit r, 44 flp nbt 1011 D , °f ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the 4 o t t','rte,,, l eet,. -8 , : A set of teeth, of excellent work 111,t,pkt''' aecur'lltsna, can be made and fitted with the 'e,,,,til,'loAtetien of eY and success, in a few hours, without kN'l, t i ' lati t °4 and stn col' and to answer all the purposes h at tenhio articulation. They are fitted without 4 h l l t t h„kr, ll ,'Y ar:4ll,l,adarat themselves so perfectly to the tY 4 l .B c p t.ee'„ In,,Zi'lLholMrnoyeable,. except at the optio d u . 1 ,, , 4li t t l itt 4tt k? mane residents erh,rnesziedeenolstihne t in he ow T l inr " without can the 114,h,"441ktti%1118tieZ.are not so liable to injury, are always k t il l ka lr 8,,, Air. .41,eetilpsei.aeonlif Comfort gforaereargreeipstaTmrepas-. t i t:kk. qtre-Zat,et\'‘vandconsultationsiree.-B,Gro.svenor , and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir , t / i, N, N I , 4 1 1 ..,,. I ) L —INTERNATIONAL , I, I,' T Uciii T , ll lß IT lON, 1862. T ° the - t t c o ty , J ar e Q uce „ ax Chandlers, &c., &C., ki' l lY ot • rt and the P ince of Wales. o,„ii t, ) a it_ (Established 17?0.) oku,i'alttlrlle ekct,,ort Oa Wax ICk.4tlititi.l,,.e• cellenee of the a n q d u quality laensdirles.sTiunclrer6s2' 4 )( 444g k il ed biznitay 0 Q 4,:.: 0 0 th e su j7_ , in, a . letter addressed to Francis i u ! to object of '4 4 ,1t11 11 ,!1' t _ .'-' ° With PLATTED WICKS, ) , INl' h % qiind th says : _ *t„ e, rit o t rt. th ern e nl . filliY equal to the recommendation Nv t illah t the ei.,:.•nui can sincerely, in my tuin,:. coat i, v b ,,„_Y, wit, platter the use of the altar." At c flr'llity t, W. k ~, k oll„,4'io • • lc s, patented.. d. per lb. VA/ Ni ) . ‘4. c .• .• • • • • od. per lb. r i PI all ,IDLES,A with Mixture of Wax. P I q 4 ki I tY .. a e „ 1 1 , • . .• .. ls. sd. per lb. Arid ,' • " • • • • : , . . ls. 3(1. per lb. 'tl„, Fl`"1 P. 0,:: .. . • .. .. Is. ld. per lb. h "014 4. 1 , 1 - ," ° n on Orders of Five Pounds in value. mei, ° NIL. t 'IS TTICICER AND CO., "ke I. lien ise ef. Gro 80.44tatiii;ittinigt,on ilvenor.-square. Blanufactory (..Established 1730). tot c a ,_,-nt in England for the ManufaCture Acues for the use of the Altar. t cli c / ° s F o pell ,t lowe d 110 01 118 o rlif i3SC 0 ° 0 3 0 1 ' tD e 1" 000 54 ieJ scw - o avf tDo eil ee arl" a ei ofti ed der 3 D ot w ool 0e °f 10lel 01°' Apo A 0 6 1 . 1 ' O M° 31"4 tA 3 013 0 2 ;i o ' to ~er 4 r 44 0 tp r ",(08 4 9 to 3 9 ' to ' to v bo ° itt l ' GO ) 13 d itl 3 ,ot '' r ot!, ,e l ;er ",11 ro t for i e t Ol e tl ot O I d tip ibti 0 ,1 41"' 04 i 4.00 0,01 ive cgj r es 0 , pi° , 0 . 0 I°l° fl p l ' 6 0. O. , of A St ill' t e O f Of 0 00 la' V erl ge C 0 ,0 la Drl c i' et /De ' • ,r -i• 09)( 0 3 0 .1,, 1 pg ~e9•' leY+ Gierj e oll° 5 0 ' oi t :J .!, sc , i t clottplf fQ I 7 ' •J Vii_ N°. 22.344. THE SUN, LONDON FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, Mt 11URNI i 'LIRE CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTFI, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First• class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select rom, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted CLE tiGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and . are publishing• an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo admirable engravings of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent giatis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following' revised cale WHERE CAN WE NIEE AFIER THE PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen eup at EVANS', Covent-garden. Mr. Cobden and the Newspaper Press. The Danish Commander-in-Chief, (From the Manchester Guardian.) K INAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It 14 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Sd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at Mr. Cobden has re-published the correspondence between himself and Mr. Delane, with a preface and a supplementary correspondence between him self and the editor of the Daily Telegraph. In his preface, he says :—" Not one epithet has been with drawn, or a denunciatory phrase softened in the following pages, and I leave the impartial reader to say whether, if 1 had known at the commencement of the correspondence, all that I now know, some of my expressions mi g h t not, xv i t h propr i e t y , h ave been a little more emphatic. I could have commi serated the shock which I have given to the exqui site sensibilities of my censors, it I had not seen with what robust superiority to all the pangs of outraged taste they were able to peruse the clan derous imputations by which my letter was pro voked. For the rest I do not profess to have acquired that steel polish which some of our ' Saturday' cynics' of the emotionless school of Reviewers, and Spectators' would seem to have attained, by which they aro enabled to subordinate the feel ings of indignation at the foul wrong to the claims of a glittering rhetoric or the attitudes of the pos. lure master." In a letter to the 7elegraph, which had refused to publish Air. Cobden's first letter, but afterwards, while still declining to print it, had commented on it, Mr. Cobden writes:—" The ground on which you refused the insertion of my letter was that the latter part of it was personal. 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" Meadowleigh ' is a delightful story. It has the ease, grace, and simplicity which characterise the writer's style, and combines with them consider able and well- ,ustained in trinsic interest."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, Nep Burlington-street. - • For freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents, Alfred Laming and 70, Cornhill. THE LUDGATE-HILL VIADUCT. NORWICH IJNInN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES. Now ready at all the Libraries, crown Bvo., price es., BEAUTIES OF TROPICAL SCENERY ; Lyrical Sketches and Love Songs. With Notes. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. The Directors hereby give notice, that, in consequence of the immediate extension of the London, Ch aham, and Dover Railway, ,hey have vacited their offices, No. 8, Crescent, New Bridr„e-street, and REMOVED to their NEW PREMISES, lf.o. 29, Fleet-street, E.C. February 4, 1864, By R. N, DUNBAR. " This work contains many beauties."—Morning Post. "He gives grac ful descriptions of scenes and objects, in , teresting to a large portion of the public."—Observer. "The amatory passages are worthy of Thomas Moore."— Critic. printing my letter was the allusion I made to an improper, because secret, connection which existed between the conductors of that journal and the dispensers of Government patronage. I repeat that the sole objection to this con nection is its secresy. The limes has advocated the system of anonymous journalism on the ground of its necessity for preserving the indepen dence of the writer towards the public on one hand and the governing powers on the other. I have not a word to say against this principle, if it be honestly observed towards both parties. But my charge was and is that the Times has broken its compact with the public by dropping the mask in presence of those who are the dispensers of the patronage of the state. * Far from thinking that the class of whom we are speaking should be excluded from the public service, I form a very high estimate of the fitness for legislative and adminis trative functions of those who write for the politi cal instruction of the people. And it is on this account that, while I deny to no one the right of an honest incognito, I regret that the prevalent and perhaps unavoidable habit of anonymous writing in the metropolis should entomb, for ell practical political purposes, so much of our best intellect, and rob society of the full development of that individuality which, more than all besides, is essential to the progress and elevation of our species. In the provinces the anonymous system has, practically, up to a very recent period, never been in operation ; because there every man's occupation was more or less known to his neigh bours. And if space permitted, I could trace the salutary effect of this upon the political progress of the last generation ; for it would be easy to adduce the names of half a score of men, the con ductors of journals in Leeds, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester, Norwich, &c. to whose able, honest, and energetic efforts, as leaders of public opinion in *heir several localities, more than probably any other traceable cause, the nation is indebted for its successful resistance to that reactionary spirit, which, from the end of last century down to 3820, ran its course of tyrannical repression and filled all but the stoutest hearts with despair. These men have all passed aw , ..y but they should not be forgotten. And if, when my friend Dr. Smiles, himself a dis tinguished member of the fraternity, shall have com pleted his biographies of our great discoverers, and improvers in physical science, he should give us a volume of the lives of those pioneers of political pro tress, it will be seen that their triumphs are traces - able to something more than an investment of capital in presses and type, with an impersonal editorial staff—that they were in each case due to the open and avowed writing, and the personal ex ample of the individual man, who was living in clear daylight, under the full gaze of his neighbours, whom he was not only stimulating, but leading in the path of duty, and by whom he was in turn cheered and sustained. I might, also, if space allowed, refer to the advantages which open and avowed journalism might afford to the electoral body, in the choice of representatives to Par liament. Those members of the House of Commons connected with the public press who have been elected during my experience, and who, with the exception of the first-named, were connected with provincial journals—Messrs. Miall, Baines, Maguire, Fagan, Lucas, and othere—what ver may be the differences of o pi n i on as t o their views, will be acknowledged by all who have sat foremost of their party for political intelligence and with them as having been, in every case, among the honour. I have said enough to show that I take a more exalted view than most men of the mission of those who instruct the public through the news paper press, and that, while asserting their title to the most honourable posts, I am assailing only a a the huddled ree u lresult ef e clandestinely eecret day.a n into d systeminferior And illicit b n ywhich lintercourse revert th etemployments , yo theare withthe question—has Gn o ve r m e n t n e o h tf the t e country a right to be informed, on my responsibility, and this illicit intercourse has been carried on be tween the 7imeB and the Government r' London: Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. The Rev. Thomas Richardson Birch, found guilty of libel, was brought up yesterday before the Recor der at the Central Criminal Court for judgment. Mr. Collins said he had just a few words to say before sentence was passed. In the first place, then, the prisoner had lost his position as chaplain of Slough Union, and through this conviction he would be unable ever to re-establish himself, and ho hoped his lordship would take into consideration his po verty and his present position. With regard to the first letter, he gave his word that he had not writ ten it at all, and the second letter Ras written in a moment of passion, therefore he hoped that, looking at his position, at the length of time he had been in prison, and the situation which had been taken from him, his lordship would give him as lenient a sen tence as he possibly could. He had a large number of testimonials as to his character, but he thought it was not necessary to produce them. The indict ment which had been preferred against him at Lewes was abandoned, but the letters, the subject of that indictment, would be handed up to kis lord ship. The letters were then handed up to his lordship, who, after perusing them, addressed the prisoner, and asked him whether he had anything to say why son tence should not be passed upon him. The prisoner replied that he could only repeat what his learned counsel had stated, except that he appealed to God that he had never written the first letter ccnoplained of ; and he felt that, at the last dreadful day of judgment, He would find him guiltless. The Recorder said he had only one duty to per- form, and that was a very painful one, The prisoner had been found guilty of writing both letters, and for that the punishment must be awarded. No doubt there were some circumstances in the case which ought to be considered in extenuation, and there was no doubt that the prisoner had lived in a place of gross immorality; but if he had thought fit he could have resigned his tutorship as soon as he had learnt the position of the parties with whom he lived. Such, however, was not the case; on the contrary, he remained a considerable time, and, according to the evidence, he had partaken of the prosecutor's hospitality ; and it was not until he was dismissed from the tutorship that he wrote the letters complained of. In those letters he spoke of the house as being a sink of the grossest vice and iniquity—charges which were not at all justified by the actual state of things, and one could not but speak of it as a malicious libel. The Recorder then sentenced him to be kept in prison in her Majesty's gaol of Newgate for six calendar months. The Blowing up of the Lotty Sleigh. ATown Council, on Wednesday,t a meeting some of the interesting Liverpool facts relative to the storage and shipment of gunpowder were elicited ver"l during a discussion which follo wed the reading of It was stated that h iatnrgeerpeuopr had t n been f f ro t m h e n t hLeou vi o lation T t o ty w n s l C ei l g e hrok It the blow .f, any parliamentary or actpiolcaaolingso large a bythe ow ners ti of the vessel destroyed in gunpowder on board their vessel and mooring her directly oppos it e th e town, and that the Board of Ordna nce h ad no power to order the present m agaz i nes to b e move d out o f the river. The magazines, which are moored about three miles above Liverpool, When full contain up wards of 500 tons of gunpowder, and if, by the agency of lightning or any other cause, the powder on board these vessels exploded, the towns of Liver pool and Birkenhead would be shaken to their foundation and probably destroyed. Several mem bers urged upon the Council the necessity of deal ing with the matter in an earnest and decided manner. One member stated that some years ago a vessel moored opposite Seacombe took fire when she had thirty tons of gunpowder on board. The first impulse of the crew was to desert the ship, but finding that they could not launch their boat, they exerted themselves energetically, and ulti mately subdued the fire. Had the men succeeded in gaining the shore when the first alarm of fire was given, an incomparably worse disaster than the recent explosion would have fallen upon Liverpool and Birkenhead. During the month of January, 1863, the quantity of gun powder shipped at Liverpool for the West Coast of Africa alone, amounted to 4,054 packages, contain ing 500 barrels, 290 quarter barrels, 650 kegs, and four boxes. It was ultimately decided by the Council to refer the matter to the Fire Prevention Committee, to take such steps as they thought pro per, and in the meantime, td watch the proceedings of the Liverpool Mersey Dock and Harbour Board on the subject. Foreign Mail Packet List, MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Feb. 18. via Marseilles Feb. 12. rail and Cape Verde, by British pachet. Feb. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Feb. 28. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Feb. 18. via Marseilles Feb. 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb. 11 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton—Feb. IS. via Marseilles I'd. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton Feb. 11. via Marseilles Feb. 5. Portugal.... Feb. 3. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Feb. 11. via Marseilles Feb. 5. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. ................. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet .. .. Feb. 11 by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packot.Feb. 5. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and feneritf , Feb. 10. Bahamas, via New York Feb, 11, Nlexico .... 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Although more than eeventy years of age, he retains many of the qualities which with the bulk of mankind are the happy privilege of youth, and become:dimmed long before the green old age he enjoys. In this, as in every other re• spect, he is a worthy oppanent of Baron Wrangel, Prussian general, who is nearly an octogenarian, but was never seen in a cloak, and will head a charge with something like the fire he exhibited at Waterloo. Herr de Meza was born at Elsinore, the son and grandeon of wealthy medical practitioners. At the time of the English attack he entered the the Artillery, and served as an ensign in the bat teries of Frederickehaven during the campaign. On peace being restored, he soon distinguished himself by a knowledge of mathematics, which procured him a place in the School of Artillery, and in course of time made him a teacher in the School of War. In the war of 1848 he obtained a brigade, and was appointed chief of the Artillery. There was hardly an office in the army whose military powers were looked upon with greater distrust by the people as well as the troops. The pedantic and capri cious dogmatist, whose crotchets had been hawked about the capital, and formed the delight of ensigns for many a year, was to encounter ail the disagreeables of war. That he knew more than any man in the country how to point a gun, and calcu late the flight of a ball, every one readily admitted; but a man who had never allowed a window or a door to be opened, and was wont to appear ranged up to the eyes—a man who was ready to faint on hearing an accent misplaced on one of his favourite French words—did not seem to be the sort of fellow to live in a camp and beat the enemy. However, when it came to the test, Meza unexpectedly re vealed himself in a new character. In the field no one cared less for wind and weather than the morose and hypochondriac general, who, healthy as he was, had considered himself a sickly valetudinarian all his life. No one was more ready to encounter the inclemencies of the temperature, no one was more exacting in this respect than the adorer of can de Cologne and the smelling bottle. In all the more important encounters of the campaign he was at the head of the artillery, indefatigable, and as discrete as spirited and bold. His services at Ban Schles wig, Nippel and Dyppel, won him the applause of the army, and made him a full colonel by the end of the year. On the sanguinary 12 April he took the two Saxon guns, the chief spoil of the war in Danish hands. Having subsequently commanded at Alsen, and garrisoned Fridicia, he took part in the heroic sally in which the Germans were repelled, and relieved the besieged fortress, His excellent conduct on this occasion won him a general's brevet, which a few months later was succeeded by stars, together with his appointment to the command of the ordnance. The re-opening of hostilities in the second half of 1850 found him an invalid ; having undergone a serious operation he was unable to take the field. On the 24th July, however, he fought at Staderup, and the day after shared the honours of Idated, in the staff of General Krogh. Retreat became necessary, but it was eonducted with con summate skill by our hero, whose reputation in creased amidst the disasters of the day. The troops had not marched very far, when, bringing the artillery to a stand, and reforming, he repelled the enemy, and checked the pursuit. At the conclu sion of the war he was named Inspector Royal of Artillery, and in 1858 received the command of the forces in Schleswig, Jutland, and Funen. Having subsequently held command at Copenhagen and Zealand, he had, a month ago, the honour of being sent over to the continent to defend the alone werke. His military talents were shared in an eminent degree by Colonel Kaufmann, the chief of his staff. Kaufmann, a Holsteiner by birth, has been in the civil and military service of the king dom for many years, and proved himself a cool cud intelligent officer in the war of 1848. Of late he has acted in various capacities, representing his government in the Diet at one time, and then sub mitting to be sent to Kiel to coerce the university and frighten professors into loyalty." Sentence on the Rev. Mr. Birch. .erminated. PRICE ..4d. STAMPED ....sd. Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held at its house, John-street, Adelphi, Thomas Baring, Es., M.P., F.R.S., in the chair. There were also present Thomas Chapman ; Esq., F.R.S., Sir Edward Parrott, Bart., George Lyall, Esq., M.P., Colonel Fitzroy Clayton, W. H. Harton, Esq., and Captain Ward, R.N., inspector of lifeboats to the institu tion. Mr. Lewis, the secretary, read the minutet: of the previous meeting. A reward of £l3 was voted to the crow of the institution's lifebmt stationed at Palling; Norfolk, for putting off and saving the crew of thrt) z.:cn from the Prussian sloop Annette Catherina, of Groningen, which was observed in distress off Pall ing, during stormy weather, on the sth January, A reward of £l5 was also voted to the crew of the Newbiggin (Northumberland) lifeboat of the society, for going off and saving fourteen men and one woman belonging to the Norwegian barque King Oscar, which, during the thick and stormy weather, had struck on Newbiggin Point on the night of the 11th of January. A reward of £l3 was likewise voted to the crew of the lifeboat of the institution at \%'hitburn, Durham, for going off, on the night of the 13th ult., and saving seven men from the steam-tug Rob Roy, of Sunderland, which had struck on the Steel Rock. off Whitbnrn, and afterwards became a total wreck. A reward of £4 10s. was also granted to the crew of the Brightatone Grange, Isle of Wight, lifeboat of the institution, for patting off and rescuing the crew of four men from a small boat belonging to the schooner Thetis, of London, which had foun dered during stormy weather off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, on the 19th January. The cost of this lifeboat was presented to the institution by the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, and since she has been on the station she has been the means of rescuing 138 lives from shipwreck. A reward of £4 was also voted to the crew of the Newcastle, Dundrum Bay, lifeboat belonging ' to the society, for going off and saving two of the crew of the barque Hamilton Gray, of Liverpool, which was totally wrecked during a heavy gale of wind in Dundrum Bar, on the 2d ult. Rewards amounting to £l3 13s. were likewise granted to the crew of the society's lifeboats at Tyrells, Dundrum Bay, and at Porthcawl, for put ting off in reply to signals of distress from vessels, which did not, however, ultimately require the ser vices of the boats. During the past year the lifeboats of the institu tion had saved 417 shipwrecked persons, and the society had also granted rewards for rescuing 297 persons by shore boat and other means. For these joint services the institution had awarded £1,351, and had expended on lifeboat establishments during the same period £13,819. A reward of £l4 was also voted to the crew of the Scratby lifeboat, called the Prince Albert, for going off and saving the crew of 14 men of the barque Fifth of May, which, during a gale of wind, ' had been wrecked off Hasborough Knoll, Norfolk. A reward of £l4 was also voted to the crew of the lugger Dauntless, of Kingsdown, for rescuing, at much risk of life, the crew of four men of th^ 1-I._io verian galliot Cornelia, which, during a heavy gale of wind, was wrecked on the Good win Sands. The institution decided to station new lifeboat at Greencastle, at the entrance on Londonderry har bour, and at Dunbar. The following legacies have recently glen left to the institution, viz.:— The late David Campbell, Eq., of Rothsay, £100; the late Richard Spence, E,q., of Gower -street, £2OO ; and the late Miss Emma Eeate, of Kensing ton, £3OO. A "Friend" had sent the institution £lOO for the preservation of his wife for another year. It was reported that Rbert Whitworth, Eq., of the firm of the celebrated gun manufacturers, of Matchester, had recently collected from his friends, and others in that city, the cost of two lifeboats, and nearly £lOO a year for their future mainte nance. Payments, amounting to 1;663, having been made on various lifeboat establishments, the proceedings THE SHAESPERE TERCENTENARY, It seems that the committee at Stratford-on-Avon have got into a serious misunderstanding with Mr. Phelps. From the correspondence which Mr. Phelps has published (and for the insertion of the whole of the documents composing which we regret we have not space) it appears that he was applied to early in December last to take part in the dramatic perfor mances at the festival in April next. To this request Mr. Phelps acceded, and on the 16th January he received a letter from Mr. Bellew, on behalf of the Stratford Committee, proposing that he should un. dertake the part of lachimo in the play of " Cymbe line." To this proposal Mr. Phelps gave an indig nant refusal, and Mr. Bellew replied, offering to get up " Macbeth," " Othello," or any other play of Shakspere's that would be more acceptable to him, except "Hamlet," the part of Hamlet having been offered to another gentleman. In reply to this, Mr. Phelps wrote the following letter, which we may leave to speak for itself : "My dear Sir,—l claim the right, upon the follow tug grounds, to be considered the foremost man in my profession in a demonstration meant to honour Shakspere. I have produced worthily 34 of his plays, which no individual manager ever did before. They were acted in my theatre 4,000 times, during a period extending over 18 years. I acted to the satisfaction of a large English public all his heroes —tragic and comic—and to that public I shall appeal, and publish this correspondence. The Stratford Committee have insulted me by asking any man in this country to play Hamlet o! - ., such ac occasion without having first offered a choice of characters to yours faithfully, " S. PHELPS. To this letter Mr. Flower, the Mayor of Stratford on-Avon, replied, with a protest against attributing to the committee an intention to insult Mr. Phelps. That gentleman, however, still insisted on his right to play the part of Hamlet, and as his right has not been conceded it seems probable that Mr. Phelps will take no part in the Stratford commemoration. It is understood that it was Mr. Fechter to whom the committee had allotted the part of Hamlet; and it is very much to be regretted that the personal feeling which has manifested itself to so great an extent in connection with the London movement, but which we trust has now subsided, should have been permitted to intrude itself at Stratford-on- Avon. been rece n tl y C. J. PLUMPTRE, Esq., hav ing appointed Professor of English Literature, Rhetoric, and Elocution, delivered on the 22d ult ~ previous of his class at the Crystal P a l ace, an introductory ecture on elocution, addressed chiefly to the pupils of the School of Art, Science, and Literature. Mr. Plumptre advocated, with great reason and ability, the necessity of paying due attention to the art of elocution, especially in refe rence to reading aloud, and impressed very forcibly upon his audience the necessity of payin g th e same regard and considerations to acquiring a correct accent and good enunciation of their native tongue, as could ba paid almost invariably in the acquire ment of foreign languages, the successful teaching of the latter being coesidered to depend mainly on the pure accent of' those who undertake the task of instruction. Mr. Plumptre adverted also to readine , aloud in a ph ys i o l ogical point of view, and brough q the best medical evidence in proof of his assertion that it was a most healthful exercise, for the delicate as well as for the robust in constitution. Mr. Plumptre's seholarsi , ip and high literary attain ments render it quite unnecessary to dilate further on his lecture or on his rendering of Professor Aytoun's " Death of Montrose" and Tennyeon'e "Lady Clare," with which he closed his lecture. His delivery was most effective, and his well-culti vated voice was modulated with exq :site taste throughout. THE CREDIT FONnIER (Limited). — LAND CREDIT COMPANY for GREAT BRITAIN IRELAND. The MERCANTILE and CREDIT ASSOCIATION (Limited) are prepared to recei , e Subscriptions for the Capital of the Cred t Fonder (Limited). To be Inc rporated under "The Companies Act, 1862." Capital .£3,000,0003 in 30,000 Shares 01 XICO each. First Issue, 10, , 00 Shares. Deposit on application, £1 per Share, and 12 on allotment. Subsequent calls not to exceed £5 per share, and at intervals of newt less than three months. It Is not intended to call up more than £2O per Share ; but as the op' rat:cons of the Company increase, and more share oapital can be advantageously employed, further issues of shares will be made, a preference being given to the then existing Shareholders. The Mercantile Credit Association (Limited) will act as Financial Agents. DIRECTORS OF THE MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION (LIMITED). Xenophon Balli, Esq., Merchant, London. Thomas Dakin, Esq., Alderman, Abchurch-lane. James Dickson, Esq. (Messrs. Lenox, Nephew, and Co., London). William H. Harford, Esq. (Messrs. Sr W. Miles, Bart., and Co., Bristol). P. D. Hadow, Esq., Deputy Chairman Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. George F. Holroyd, Esq., Director of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway Company. J. G. Homere, Esq., Merchant, London. P. Prondfoot, Esq., Manchester. James Pim, Esq., Dublin. Joseph Thornton, Esq., Beaver Hall, Southgate. F. G. Westmorland, Esq. (C. Joyce and Co.), London, Alfred Wilson, Esq. ' Director of the Bank of London. Michael Zarifi , Esq. (Zarifi Brothers), London. DIRECTORS. The Right lion. JAMES S MART WORTLEY, Chairman. Lord. Otho Fitzgerald, Director of the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland. The lion. T. C. Haliburton, M.P. Edward Warner, E-q., M.P. Joseph Boyce, Esq., Director of the Royal Bank of I re l a nd. Alexander Dunbar, Esq., 57, Old Broad-street. Alexander Boyle, Esq. (Messrs. Boyle, Low, Murray, and Co., Bankers), Dublin. Charles Ellis, Esq., Lloyd's. Adolphe Hakim, Esq. (Messrs. Pinto, Ilakim Brothers, and Co.), London. James Levick, Esq., 9, liiaes Arms-yar 1. James Pim, Esq. (Messrs. James Pim and CO, Dublin. Henry Pownall, Esq., Russell-square. John Westmorland, Esq., Director of the Royal Insurance Company, London. BANKERS, Messrs. Ma terman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. The Bank of London. Messrs. Hallett, Ommanney. an I Co., Westminster. The Royal Bank of Ireland, Dublin. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Edwards and Co., Westminster. Messrs. Newbon, Evans, and Co., 28, leholas-lane. BROKERS. Messrs. Field, Son, and Wood, 9, Warnford-court, Throg morton-street. Messrs. Robins and Barber, 29, Threadneedle-street. SECRETARY (pro tem.)—G. W. Bennwell, Esq, Temporary Offices—offices of the Mercantile Credit Associa tion, 21, Threadneedle-street. PROSPECTIJ,. _ . The greet success which has attended the operations of the "Credit Fonder " in France is well known, and is evidenced by the tact that the original Shares (£;0 paid)are now worth £5O in the market, the la t dividend deel red being at the rate of 16 per cent. per annum, after providing a large reserve fund. A conviction of the advantages which would be derived from the introduction of the same system into this country, and of the large profits attendant thereon, has 1-d to the for mation of the "Credit Fancier'' for Great Britain and Ire land, which for many months past has been under care:ul consideration. Although the objects of this Company are to some extent identical with those of another undertaking re cently introduced, yet the field of operation it ample f Thoth, and there a, e also certain lucrative branches of business pro posed to be undertaken by the "Credit Froncier " which do not at , pear co have been contemplated by the Company re fe red to. The transaeions of the Credit Companies recently estab lished range over a variety of interests, but they do not em brace the objects of the "Credit Fonder," as the daily ex perience of parties seeking for advances on landed securities suffi iently testifies. The "Credit Foncier " will receive money on deposit at fixed rates, and will issue debentures for hng or short periods Advances will be made upon all kinds of interests in lands, buildings, and also upon approved securities, to be repaid as may be agreed upon. One of the main objects of this company will be to make advances upon the deposit of title deeds. Borrowers, to whom time is trtquently of the utmost Importance, will thus be enabled to obtain Loans for short periods, Without the delay and expense to which the , are now invariably subjected, and to avoid which a high rate of interest will readily be paid: from this source alone the Directors anticipate that consi derable profits will arise. In addition to the employment of its own resources, the " Credit Fonder" will act as agent between the capitalist ant the borrower, and will, in such cases,. for an adequate commission, if desired, guarantee the sufficiency of title and security. Whilst the commercial value of landed property will thus be enhanced, and every reasonable facility granted to bor rowers, the profits derivable from the various sources of revenue to arise from the transactions of the company will be such as to allow of the payment of large dividends to the shareholders, after making ample allowance for working ex penses and a reserve fund. In the event of no allotment of shares being made, the de posit will be returned in full. Should a ess number of shares be allotted than are applied for, the deposit will be made available towards the payment on allotment, and the balance, if any, returned to the applicant. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained at the Offices of the Mercantile Cre , it Association, 21, Threadneedle-street, of the Brokers, and of the Solicitors. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. No. - To the Directors of the Cr , dit Ponder (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your bankers • the sum of X—, being a deposit of £1 per sh are on shares in the above company'', 1 hereby request that you will Idiot me that number, and I agree to accept such shares, or any less number you may allot to me ; an I agree to pay the deposit on allotment, and to sign the Articles of Association of the omr any when required, and I authorise you to insert my name on the Register of Members for the number of shares allotted to me. Usual signature Name in full Residence Prof ess ion Date February, 1864 • Insert Banker's name. PIGS ! PIGS! PIGS!-INDTAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in England, 105 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. equal to 1 cwt. bar'ey or any meal. Delivered tree in Lon don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PEARCE, Manager, 66, Lant-street, Southwark. 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Machaan, George Hutchenson, Miss Nelly Power, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Keller& Berri, Leach, and Foster. THIS EVP:NING, supported by the entire company, a new and oricinal Cantat 1, entitled "King Christmas." writ ten by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and composed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the eitab ishment, Director, Mr. P. Jonghmans. CANTERBURY HALL—THE GHOST in the j MAGIC FOUNTAINS, surpassing any of the Trans f. rmation Scenes ,f the Season—one of the most beautiful ffects ever produced. The scene, " The Temp-t :" Ariel, Miss E. Townley. The flight of Ariel through the Fairy Fountains is certainly a triumph of art.—Vide Public rress. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions of the Estab ishment as u.ual, including Operatic Sele'tions, Ac. ; Comedy by W. Randall, G. liutchenson, J. Jester, T. Macla gan, Miss Nelly Power, &c. Admission, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, ls. Open every Evening. LOYAL ALHAMBRA GRAND CIRQUE IMPERIAL, EVERY EVENING, at half-past 7 ; MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and SATUR DAY, at 2 o'clock. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- The best Male end Female Riders—the best Trained Horses—the Funniest Clowns—the Greatest Gymnasts —the Most Wondertul I4LEPHANT in the whole World. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY ; established 28 years at the Bazaar, .laker-street.—Great Treat for the Juveniles during the Rolidays.—The series of Models of the Kings of England, from the Conqueror to that of her present Majesty attired in the magnificent costumes of their respective periods, is now near y complete: and in the Chamber of Physiognomy are several new additions. Admission, I s. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 till 10. A RGY L L ROun S, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. During the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open at half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission Is. Manager, M. GRENET. IN CHLORATE OF POTASSA AND ITS USE IN OXIDISING THE BLOOD. DR J. P. SARGEANT, M.R.C.S., and L S.A. (1836', will shortly repeat his Lecture on this subject at St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, and will satisfactorily prove that Chlorate of Potassa, (as prepared by passing chlorine through a mixture of quick-lime and ater, and subsequently boiling a long time with Chloride of Potassium) is a most active remedy for oxydising th- blood, and restoring vitality to the low, vitiated state of the nervous system, and is there fore calculated to supersede the use of iron, meroury, quinine, and sarsaparilla.-56, Gower-street, Bedford-square, London. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHER. 6d.; free by post, 7d. (SHORTHAND.-PITMAN'S PHO NO GRA MANUAL. Free by post, ls. 6d. SH 0 K 'l' HA N D.—"PI MAN'S PHONO GRAPHY forms an exceedingly ef f icient-probably the mosT efficient - system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland Hill. TF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE o f o n 3 one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOOuCOCK'S WIND PILLS. I`.eir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-oflice Orders payable at Camber- Well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—Born and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. MR. C. J. PLUMPTItE, LPetuver on Profes sional Elocution (Oxford and London), Professor of English Literature and Rhetoric at the Crystal Palace School of Art, the Clyde -park College, dm., begs to announce that he has REROVED FROM ELGIN -ROAD to a more Central Situation, and will hencetotth receive his Clerical and other Professional Pupils in Elocution (as well as for the Removal of Stammering, "Clergyman's sore-throat," and other maladies arising from the misuse of the Vocal Orgaus) at his NEW RESIDENCE, 19, RUSSELL-PLACE, FII'Z ROY-SQUARE, W. Mr PLUMPTRE'S Classes for Ladies have commenced at the Crystal Palace, and will be held every Friday till August. The Ladle , ' Classes at the Hyde-park College (115, Gloucester-terrace, Hyde -park) will, as formerly, •be h e ld every Thursday. Terms and Testimonials forwarded on application, by letter, at 19, ituszell-place, Fitzroy-square, or at 1, Essex court, Temple. Mr. PLUMPTRE'S "Oxford Lectures on Professional Elocution " are published (price 2s. ed.), and may be had of the author, or of the publishers, Messrs. J. 11. and Jas. Parker, Oxford and London. TROUSERS.—SneciaI attention is called to the WINTER GOODS, and gentlemen who do not mind paying a fair price for a good pair of trousers can depend on material and patterns that cannot be ex:elled, at HAMILTON and KIMPTON'S, TAILORS, 105, Strand (opposite Exeter Hall). I: 1 7 4 LASTIC STOCKINGS and KNEE-CAPS, for Varicose Veins and Weakness, of a very superior quality, yielding an unvarying support. Instructions for me as urement, and prices on application, and the article sent by post from the Manufacturers. POPE and PLANTE, 4, Waterloo -place, Pall-mall, London, S.N. • efficient, durable. and No HOME complete without a Wri.cox AND Gums machine. Prospectus free on application at nSEoiwseliNeGse.3lAW°llarirliaEntedSillitoplefullilnrihe requirements of a N pe oi rfe l e 3 t s, fazd ege ly nt-otreet, W.--EADvT.I /14:' ! iltgf; ze, 4- ~~ ~~ z•., ~_.. 7""si SECOND EDITIOYI' SUN OFFICE Tr ', HALF -PAS T 4 O'CLOCK. HAMBURG. HAMBURQ, Feb. 3.—The Emperor Alexand,2r has replied to a petition of the Jews and peasants of Augustow, praying for the annexation of that Palatinate to the Russian Empire, that no arnngement can possiely take plac::. GERMAN ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK UPON TEE DANNEI.V.:2I.:II. KIEL, 4, AfLernoon. Ia the ettgek upon Coo Dannowcrke, yestercia3-, the A asqians stormed the positions of Rustorf and Wedelsping, but have s iit one orb them. Cannonading continues to•day. An Trish Heiress in Chancery. On Monday, the Irish :darter of the Rolls made an order that Miss Mary Quinton, a minor, resid ing near Tempo, in the county of Ferraanage, should he made a ward of court. It is stated that the youn g lady is entitled to a fortune of £lO,OOO. It was stated on the Fart of the young lady's uncle that she was about to contract a marriage with a young man named Daniel Peterson, whereupon hie Honour made an order restraining her from con tracting such an alliance, His Honour likewise ordered the father and mother of the intended bridegroom, as well as the party himself, to attend at his court on Wednesday. The young lady and Mr. Daniel Peterson, jun., and Mr. Carson and Mr. Alexander Quinton, uncles of Miss Quinton, were in attendance, but the young man's parents did not appear. His Honour said he would suz pend the attachment if the young lady was willing to go back to her own relatives until the matter was disposed of on affidavits. Mr. Erham, Q.C.—She says she will not go back to her uncle, that he threatened her. His Honour—l am now about to commit every one of the parties to custody. I will send the father and mother of the young man to gaol. Mr. Walshe, Q,C , said Mrs. Peterson had come to the house of the relatives of Miss Quinton, and carried her away on a car. Mr. Exham, Q.C.—Mr. Dane will give a personal un dertaking that if the young tedy is permitted to go to Verdon's Hotel, where he was staying, and occupy apartments there, he will not allow any of the Peterson family to see her, His Honour said that the scandalous and disgraceful proceedings on the part of the family of the young man should be ex• plained. He supposed that the young man wanted to marry the young lady, ho not having a penny. Miss Quinton—My lord, I will not go to either of my uncles. His Honour made an order, after some discussion, that Mr. Quinton should take the young lady to the Verdon Hotel, where Mr. Dane, the solicitor for the minor, was staying, and that she should hold no communication with any person save • Mr. Dane and Mr. Quinton, and especially no core, munication with the Peterson family. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSEiLLT.— LAST EVENING. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 20 to 1 agst Liston (taken) 50 to 1 agst Trumps (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Accident (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Anfmld (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Blackdown (offered) 25 to 1 agst Muezzin (takin and offered) 25 to 1 agst Tooi Tool (take 30 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Durham (taken) 40 to 1 aget Tattoo (taken) TUE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (dl2 red) 27 to 2 agst Coast Guard (taken) 14 to 1 agat Paris (taken) 15 to 1 agst Cambuscn (o:Cred) 28 to 1 agst Idler (taken) 30 to 1 agst Birch Broom (teen) 1000 to 15 agat Baragah (taken) CARMARTIIENSHIRE HUNT AND STEEPLE CHASE MEETING.—TzwitsDAY. The County Membere' Plate of 60 Pow, added iO a handicap sweepstakes of 8 says each. Four miles. Mr Powell's Annie Laurie, aged, I.ost I.lb (J : Pope) Mr Powell's Ace of !leans, aged, 13q 3lb (in. 101 b (Davie) 2 Mr Holman's Ruyter, 6 yrs, list 215 (G. Holman) 3 Mr Riddell's Carew, aged, lOst 3lb . (Owner) 1 Fenton and Mountain Lass also ran. Batting-2 to 1 agst Da Ruyter, and 3to 1 ngst Ace of Hearts and Annie Laurie, eoupled.--Won by 20 lengths. Bad third. The Ladies' Plate of 25 coca, added to a Felling stake of 2 sous each; selling allowances. About two miles. Mr RiciJell's Aunt Sally, aged, list 71b (Owner) 1 Mr Poweli's Miss Nightingale, aged, lOst 71b (T. Davies) 2 The followiLg also ran :—Cumberland, Reception, Ma.. genta, and Jack. Betting-5 to 4 agst Miss Nightingale, 2to 1 agst Aunt Sally, 5 to 2 agst Jack, and 5 to 1 agst Magenta.—Won by two lengths, only two passing the post. The winner was bought in for 106 guineas. The Hunters' Stakes of 3 EON'S each, with 30 added, fur horses that have been regularly hunted; four-year-olds, lOst 71b; five, llst 51b ; six and aged, 12st ; extra. About three miles. Mr Powell's Annie Laurie, aged, 12st 7,b (J. Pope) 1 ➢ir Lort-Phillips's Jack, aged, 12st 71b (G Stevens) 2 Carmarthen, 10st 121 b (Owner) 3 Mr. Harries's Whisperer, 6 yrs, 12st 71b .... (T Davies) 0 Betting-6 to 4on Annie Laurie, 2to 1 agst Whisperer, and 3to 1 agst Jack.—Won by three lengths. Bad third. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. PEER-I:ART. Birmingham Harrow Chelmsford l7 MARCH. Nottingham Spring 1 Derby Spring 3 Liverpool Shrewsbury Doncaster Spring l4 'Warwick l6 Durham Northampton 29 Catterick `Bank of England Return,•—Last vening, An Account, pursuant to the .A.ct 7th and Sth cap. 32, for the week or.ding on Wednesday, the 3d day of Feb., 1864 : ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Other Securities .. 3.634 900 Government Debt £ 1 1,015,t 6 Gold Coin & Bullion 12 6 9 5:985 Silver Bullion :_r Notes issued .......X27.275,985. X 27,275,985 BANKING DEPARTMENT. 427,275,985 Proprietors' Capi tall 14,553,000 Rest V u eluding Exche quer, Saving's' Banks, COMMA missioners of Na tional Debt, and °ts (in counts) D b i 1 i v i c d D e enpd'i Ac counts) Other Deposits...- 13,372,981 ssven Day and other Bills Government Secu rities_ jincluding Dead Weight An- - £11,124.584 O N t o h t e e r s .Securities 2o ; 2 2 1 0 4 : B s o Gold and Silver 6 7 ; 258 Coin 4 38,736,927 FO. 4, 1864. M. £38,736,927 .RSIIALL, Chief Cashier. [A.DVEnT ISEUENT.]—Consumption, all nervous, bilious liver, and stomach complaints, in every stage, are only ag gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,914. Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had abandoned all hopes of her recovery from the last stage of Pulmonary consumption, with fearful cough, expectoration, exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow cheeks, emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly healthy, blooming, fleshy girl.—N. Lange, Commissaire de Police. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley! Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Mike Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion. gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure, No. 64,816. The Rev. James T. Campbell, lakenham, Norfo lk ' of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted all medical reatment. In tins, 11b, 2s 9d; 21b, 4s Od; 51 4 Its; 121 b, 225; 241 b, 408. Barry du Barry and IC?: Regent-street, London ; also Forinum and Mason; 11 ,, n i nil grocers and chemists in every town of the United K d io ;; ;% 4 0 :" [ADVERTISEMTNT, I —ll6ll°WaY'F Ointment wonderful c u res l Thousands of persons who have wrought asthcide.. by means of these remedies have extolled word of more served, but have not given them one w o o r ; rusal of the than they richly merited. An : attentive f i r:eche/tweets will di rections" accompanytrg enable any inwardly. Sores, skin visible outwardly or concealed e rysipelas, cbcet complaints, PA diseases, bl " nmati"s ' well as many disorders of the removed by Rdlo. They have proved the greatest bleeeicg way's preparati on. • h um anity, bocci:tied they eau L:u obtained every where,l o btxffer ng moderate in cost. safe kidneys, and bowels m a y be radicall y am in action, and tend to strengthen, nut to weaken the system. //~ N